Improvement in sample-cards



A. ZERBAN. Sample-Gard.

No. 202,210. Patented Apri|9,187,8,.

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N. PETERS, PPQOTO LITHOGRAPHEE WASHINGTON. D C. A

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ANDREW ZERBAN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

lM PROVEIVl ENT IN SAM PLE-CARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 202,210, dated April9, 1878; application filed February '7, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW ZERBAN, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Sample-Gard, of which thefollowing is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide an improved sample card forexchanging, arranging, and exhibiting samples of silk of variousshades,.in order to facilitate the arran gement together of the mostsuitable colors for effecting harmony and pleasing contrast in settingpatterns for silk-weaving, and which may be used also for changing,holding, and exhibiting samples of buttons, jewelry, lace, and variousother articles of manufacture.

Heretofore samples of silk have been pasted or otherwise permanentlyattached to the card, thus making it impossible to rearrange theirpositions for observing the effect of newly-suggested combinations forcolored patterns. As a consequence the appearance of the goods, whenready, often disappoints the exlpectation, and the goods have to be soldat a oss.

Itis therefore desirable that the cards should be so constructed as toallow of the samples being removed and exchanged when required. This isaccomplished by my present invention, which consists in a sample-cardprovided with one or more hinged slats actuated bya spring or springs toclamp and hold one or both of two opposite edges of the sample; and inthe combination, in a sample-card, of two oppositely-placed bars, one ofwhich is provided with a series of sockets, and the other withcorresponding recesses with a hinged slat and elastic band or spring, aswill be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a face view of myimproved sampleholder, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a crosssection ofthe same, taken on the line a; x of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

A are cards of pasteboard or other material, two or more of which may beconnected together by a flexible band or strip, a, in order that theymay be folded up together and carried in the pocket, if desired. B and Gare two parallel bars or strips attached to the card A at a distancefrom each other, the former being provided with a series of sockets, b,and the latter with a series of recesses, 0, arranged opposite to and inpairs with the said sockets.

D is a slat hinged to the bar 0 bya flexible strip, cl, in such a mannerthat, when one or more little panels, E, covered with silk of 7 variousshades, are inserted with one end in the sockets b, and pressed downwith the other end into the corresponding opposite recess c, the hingedslat may be closed to cover all the recesses c at the same time, andthus confine the panels E in their places. The slot D is held secure ineither position of closed or open by a spring or an elastic band, F,stretched over the slat D and secured by glue between the bar 0 and thecard A, or by some other mode of fastening. By opening the slat Dagainst the pressure of the springs F, and turning it on its hinge cl,clear of the panels E, the latter may be easily removed and replaced byother panels.

When buttons, jewelry, lace, or other articles mounted on separate cardsG are to be inserted in the sample card A, the latter should be providedwith a series of teeth or points, H, for perforating the edges of thecards G and preventing them from slipping out of place.

The points H take the place of the sockets and recesses previouslydescribed, as the varying sizes of the cards G do not admit of theirinsertion in the recesses and sockets c b.

The slats D (exactly similar to D) cover, when closed, the points H andthe edges of the cards G, and hold them by the elastic strength of thesprings F.

I do not limit myself to the exact form of any of the parts here shown,as they may be varied without departing from my invention.

Having thus fully described my inven-- tion, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent- 1'. The combination, in a sample-card, of

the strips B G D, the sockets b and recesses the hinged slat D andelastic band or spring 0 being provided, as and for the purpose de- F,substantially as and for the purpose speci scribed. v fled.

2. The combination, in a sample-card, of ANDREW ZERBAN. twooppositely-placed bars, B 0, one of which Witnesses: is provided with aseries of sockets b, and A. W. ALMQVIST,

the other with corresponding recesses c, with (J. SEDGWIOK.

